Chiana returns to Moya with a fortune-telling portrait she picked up from a passing trader. The crew watch in horror as the portrait correctly predicts that Chiana will break her leg - and even worse, be burnt to death. As the crew, one by one, meet their death as foretold in the portrait, Zhaan realizes her old foe Maldis, an evil sorcerer, is behind the terrifying goings-on. He is trying to re-corporealise and is feeding on the fears of Crichton, D'Argo, Chiana and especially Zhaan. Zhaan warns Crichton that he may be called upon to trust her implicitly at a crucial moment. Zhaan then kills them both and they pass into Maldis's realm. As his strength grows, Maldis is able to create an exitway from the painting into Moya. But as he does, Zhaan makes her move and, with Pilot and Aeryn's help, weakens his grip enough to allow the crew to escape from the painting and destroy Maldis.